STUDENT UPDATE
FOOD AND TECHNOLOGY
In Year 7 the students undertake one Term of Food and Technology. The students are really excited and enthusiastic about working in the Food Studies kitchen. For some it’s expanding knowledge and skills learnt previously at home and Primary School and for others it’s their first opportunity to get involved in food preparation. At the end of the Term the students have the opportunity to bake a full sized cake and decorate it any way they choose. Certificates are awarded to those whose final product stand out as being the most creative or best decorated. Below are the students who received certificates for Term 1.
Sophie Peach 7D - Most Creative
Lily Whistlecroft 7B - Most Creative
Melody Pascoe - 7B - Best Decorated Cake
Zeth McIntyre 7B - Best Decorated Cake
Heidi Marshall - 7D Best Decorated Cake
Harry Doughton 7D - High Commenced
STUDENT LEADERSHIP
The next project for our Leaders is MUNA – a mini United Nations competition run by Rotary. Trinity Joseph and Callum Mann have stepped forward to take on this task and have put a huge number of hours into preparing their responses to 6 resolutions which will be discussed at the competition. Last Tuesday they attended the Rotary dinner to thank them for their sponsorship and to outline some of their key arguments. To the delight of our Rotary group, the boys have chosen to represent North Korea at this competition- this was applauded at the Rotary meeting as was the presentation the boys gave. I think the Rotary members were actually blown away by the boys ability to not only speak amazingly well in front of an audience, but also the manner in which they interacted with the members. They will travel to Phillip Island this week for the competition and have been promised extra rewards by Rotary if they “score highly”- fingers crossed that they manage to get some countries to support them in the resolutions- I know they will have a wonderful time and will again be great ambassadors for the College.
ASPIRANT LEADERS DAY
Aspirant Leaders day is fast approaching and our Leaders are preparing with Ms Lombardi to run this day. Two days are planned with 60 grade 5 students to attend on each day. Our students have a range of activities planned and are excited about the opportunity to share their knowledge and skills about leadership and practice their public speaking skills.
This week all our students will be receiving a badge which represents the house they are in. With and increased push to make house events more meaningful we have this year decided to present each house member with a badge we hope they will wear proudly on their blazer. Our house captains will be handing these out across the week – let them know if you do not receive yours.
The design and ideas for these badges has come from one of our fabulous leaders- Suzie Eckert- she took the Aboriginal meanings of the house names and created a design which represents each beautifully. Well done Suzi – these will be great reminders of our heritage and will help our students feel more connected to their houses.
MATTHEW KAPP
Matthew Kapp has been selected to represent Victoria in the upcoming Australian National Gymnastics championship to be held in Melbourne at the end of May.
Matthew recently won the 2019 ‘Victoria state Gymnastics Men’s Artistic Level 8 Open all Around Championship winning Gold medals on High Bar, Parallel Bars, Pommel Horse and Rings.
A fantastic achievement from one of our own students!